值此美国经济复苏阶段,失业情况仍很严重,重工业的核心工业和其他国家的工业对比,不但在相对意义上继续衰退,而且某些方面的绝对数字也在下降。代表这种趋势的最常引用的例子是钢铁工业。1970—1980年美国钢铁产量从1.315亿美吨(1美吨为2,000磅。——译者)下降到1.121亿美 In the wake of the U.S. economic recovery, the unemployment situation is still grave. The industrial comparison between the heavy industry core industries and other countries not only continues to decline in a relative sense, but the absolute figures in some areas are also declining. An example of the most frequently quoted representative of this trend is the steel industry. U.S. steel output dropped from 131.5 million U.S. dollars (2,000 pounds. For 1 U.S. dollar) to 112.1 million U.S. dollars in 1970-1980